The Mafia King's First Love

Little Lihua stared at him in wonder. "Godly handsome pwince can talk?"

Wei blinked in confusion.

When could I not talk? 𝗳𝓇ℯe𝓌𝚎𝚋𝓃𝚘𝚟𝘦𝑙.𝑐𝚘𝙢

"You did not talk when I was talking to you, so I thought you were mute!" Lihua sobbed, "I thought God is bad. You are a pwince, but you cannot talk. That's bad! But you can talk! So, God is good."

"..."

Wei didn't know why but he felt an urge to squeeze her cheeks. She looked too cute, puffing up in anger. Her two cheeks looked like two cute balloons.

Lihua said, "You said you wanted to swing again? Let's swing again!" She raised her hands high up in the air in joy.

Wei took another ride and felt the joy once again. Now that he tasted how it felt on a swing, he wondered about her rides in the park. Lihua generously extended her help and gave him a full tour of the park. From swing to slide to seesaw, their fun never seemed to end.

He was quite disappointed when it was time to leave. It was a sense of loss he had never felt before.

Little Lihua saw his shoulders dropping, and she held his hand. "Godly handsome pwince! Let's play again!"

Wei's ears perked up in delight. "Really?"

"Yes! Will you come to the park again tomorrow?" She eagerly asked.

Wei nodded without any hesitation.

"Yay! Let's meet tomowwow!"

From that day on, Wei and Lihua regularly met at the park and played the same rides every single day. They learned each other's names the next day. They never grew bored of the rides. They never got tired of it. The company and warmth that the other provided was much more precious, especially for Wei who never felt these feelings before.

But since Wei started coming to the park, it attracted attention of other kids as well, especially girls. They would hop to his side and urge him to play with them. The girls quickly surrounded him, leaving no chance for Lihua to play with him anymore. Wei entertained them purely so that they would leave him alone after some time and won't bother Lihua and his time anymore.

But when he saw Lihua standing under a tree one day, her shoulders hung low and the usual cheery expression on her face was nowhere to be seen.

Something was different and then Wei asked in panic, "Why do you look sad?"

Lihua fidgeted with her hands. "You don't like playing with me anymowe?"

Wei blinked. "I do."

Her eyes were growing teary. "You have so many fwiends now…I thought you don't want to play with me."

He widened his eyes. "I always want to play with you. I play with them only so that they leave us alone."

Lihua sniffled. "Weally?"

"En," Wei wondered, "You don't like me playing with other girls?"

Lihua pursed her lips. "It feels lonely and sad when you play with other girls…I thought you don't want to be fwiends with me anymowe…"

Wei stiffened. He was unaware that Lihua saw that in a different light, and it made her sad. He quickly patted her head. "I am sorry. I didn't mean it that way. They were annoying our time, so I thought to play with them a little so that they would leave us alone."

He decidedly nodded and firmly stated. "I won't do that anymore. I won't do anything that will make you feel sad. From now on, I promise that I will never talk to other girls."

Lihua blinked her teary eyes. "Weally?"

"En. I will only talk to you."

That brought the cheerful expression back to her face as if it has never disappeared. "Godly handsome pwince is the best!"

Seeing the usual smile on her lips made Wei happier too. He felt a fuzzy feeling in his heart.

Lihua then brought her favorite dolls and showed them to Wei. "These are my fwiends! They are also husband and wife! Like Mama and Dada!"

Wei said, "I see."

Lihua giggled. "I will also mawwy Godly handsome pwince and become a pwincess!"

Wei tilted his head. "You want to marry me?"

She bobbed her head up and down.

Wei's eyes glistened with joy, and he agreed. "En. Let's marry in the future then."

Lihua was undoubtedly delighted. "Will we live in a castle?"

Wei thought about his villa and nodded again. "It's a castle."

"Yay! We will mawwy and play a lot in the castle. Pinky pwomise?" She extended her little finger towards him.

Wei questioningly looked at her. "What is this?"

Lihua gasped. "You don't know!"

He shook his head.

"That's silly. It's pinky pwomise! You touch my little finger with yours and pinky pwomise that we will mawwy! You cannot bweak the pwomise!"

"Oh," Wei was enlightened. He did as she told and said, "It's a promise, Lihua. I will only marry you and nobody else. I will never break my promise."

Lihua chirped in joy.

But that joy didn't last for longer when she would look gloomier in the days ahead.

Wei asked one day, concerned, "What's wrong?"

Lihua looked down. "Mama and Dada…I hear them fighting. I don't know why. But they look angwy."

Wei frowned.

"Mama…looks angwy at me. I am a bad girl?" She was on the verge of tears.

Wei immediately shook his head. "No! You are a good girl. You are the best!"

He had no idea how to console her, but he hugged her and patted her shoulder. "Don't cry."

Lihua wiped her eyes. "I won't! I will make a suwpwise gift for Mama and then she will be happy!"

"I see. That's a good idea."

"Oh, oh! Then can I show you my gift?" Her eyes sparkled. "I also have a sister! I told her about you, and she wants to meet you too! Do you want to meet her?"

"Sure."

"Yay! Then let's come tomowwow evening! I will make my gift till then and bwing my sister too!"